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29 Apr Investment Plans – TEC Notice

Posted at 15:53h in Funding, Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

TEC has finalised its requirements for investment plans in a new Gazette notice, following on from a draft released in Feb 2014. No major changes have been made since the...

29 Apr Parliament Report 29/4 (ITO Bill Passed)

Posted at 11:43h in ITOs, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

This Report covers 2 weeks. The Industry Training Bill passed its third and final reading. Oral Questions covered initial teacher education and student loan repayments. Written Questions covered AgResearch, R&D...

14 Apr Parliament Report 14/4 (Industry Training Bill, CoREs)

Posted at 14:24h in ITOs, Parliament, Policy, Politics, Research, Tertiary Education, Unis by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

An Industry Training Bill passed its second to last stage. Oral and Written Questions covered Centres of Research Excellence (CoREs), the University of Canterbury, refugee students, AgResearch and Callaghan Innovation....

08 Apr Parliament Report 8/4 (TES Gazetted)

Posted at 12:02h in Funding, Parliament, Policy, Research, Strategy & Policy by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

An industry training Bill may complete its committee stage today. The Education and Science Committee will hear evidence on Ka Hikitia. Written Questions covered Callaghan Innovation and AgResearch. Gazette notices...

04 Apr Newsletter 4/4 (Budget, Science and Jobs)

Posted at 12:45h in Funding, Policy, Research by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Take on the Week The PM's speech on the 2014 Budget this week was mainly focused on creating unfavourable comparisons with Labour, but it did emphasise continuing fiscal restraint, with most...

01 Apr 2013 Loans and Allowances Stats

Posted at 13:11h in Funding, Policy, Students, Tertiary Education by Dave Guerin 0 Comments

Student loans and allowances data for 2013 show a marked drop in allowances recipients and payments (especially at universities). That drop was not balanced by higher student loans drawdowns. Postgrad...

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